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China’s impact on Australian timber exports

19 July 2023
Global wood markets will see another changeup in the coming months as Australian exporters can again ship logs to China following a 2.5-year ban. But exports are not expected to reach historic levels seen a few years ago. Sources: Resource Wise, Timberbiz At the end of 2020, China ban
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SCA under political pressure to produce fossil-free fuel

17 July 2023
Political pressure for fossil-free fuel for European aviation is intensifying. This offers a considerable opportunity to SCA’s Renewable Energy business area and a considerable challenge. Source: Timberbiz The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have reached agreement on
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KSM has vision for an AI system of quality control

17 July 2023
KSM Vision, a start-up based in Poland, offers an AI-driven optical system for quality control for industries including lumber. Source: Woodworking Network Designed to automate quality control of defects as minor as a pinhead, it can save companies more than EUR 0.5 million on salarie
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From palm fronds to fibreboard

17 July 2023
German companies WESER Industrie und Anlagentechnik GmbH, an engineering, procurement and construction specialist, and DIEFFENBACHER, a manufacturer of press systems and production plants for the wood-based panels industry, are collaborating with the Egyptian EPC contractor MT Mixers
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Notre Dame on the mend with medieval tools

14 July 2023
In a spectacular operation to rebuild the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral, massive oak trusses were hoisted from a barge on to the Paris monument on Tuesday. Source: The National Huge crowds gathered along a bridge over the Seine River and on its banks to watch trusses weighing 7 to
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FSC appoints its first global creative agency

14 July 2023
WE Communications (WE), a global integrated communications consultancy, announced its appointment by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), as its global creative agency. This marks the first time that the organization has consolidated its international creative duties under one agency
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Russia’s Segezha to log out of logging moratorium of protected forests

14 July 2023
Between June and November 2022, Russia’s largest timber company, Segezha Group, opted out of logging moratorium in ecologically valuable forests across Russia: in Karelia, Komi, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, and Arkhangelsk. According to World Wildlife Fund data, the total forested area that
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Latest land cover map with improved AI modelling

12 July 2023
Land-use/Land-cover (LULC) maps contextualize and quantify the impacts of earth processes and human activity on the environment. Organizations around the world are now using these tools to inform policy and land management decisions around issues like sustainable development. Source:
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Measures to prevent production of packaging waste in Europe

12 July 2023
Europe’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) is being replaced by the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), and outlines measures to prevent the production of packaging waste. Source: Timberbiz These measures promote reuse of packaging and, where preventing packa
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China’s global wood conference

12 July 2023
The 2023 China Global Wood Trade Conference was held in Rizhao City, Shandong Province, China, From 4-6 July. The event was jointly hosted by China Timber & Wood Products Distribution Association (CTWPDA), the Government of Rizhao City, and China Forestry Group. Source: Timberbiz
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